bash-4.4$ ansible -i Ansible_inventory vpkg-1 -m ping Unhandled error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 489, in update_config_data value, origin = self.get_config_value_and_origin(config, configfile) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 434, in get_config_value_and_origin value = ensure_type(value, defs[config].get('type'), origin=origin) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 91, in ensure_type makedirs_safe(value, 0o700) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/utils/path.py", line 81, in makedirs_safe raise AnsibleError("Unable to create local directories(%s): %s" % (to_native(rpath), to_native(e))) AnsibleError: Unable to create local directories(/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp): [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/ansible/.ansible' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/ansible", line 67, in import ansible.constants as C File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/constants.py", line 184, in config = ConfigManager() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 243, in __init__ self.update_config_data() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 501, in update_config_data raise AnsibleError("Invalid settings supplied for %s: %s\n%s" % (config, to_native(e), traceback.format_exc())) ansible.errors.AnsibleError: Invalid settings supplied for DEFAULT_LOCAL_TMP: Unable to create local directories(/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp): [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/ansible/.ansible' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 489, in update_config_data value, origin = self.get_config_value_and_origin(config, configfile) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 434, in get_config_value_and_origin value = ensure_type(value, defs[config].get('type'), origin=origin) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 91, in ensure_type makedirs_safe(value, 0o700) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/utils/path.py", line 81, in makedirs_safe raise AnsibleError("Unable to create local directories(%s): %s" % (to_native(rpath), to_native(e))) AnsibleError: Unable to create local directories(/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp): [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/ansible/.ansible'